#885708

sRGB · 136 / 87 / 8

#885708 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 136 red, 87 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 37.0° lands in the orange region. Its 88.9% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 28.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (6.15:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 136, 87, 8
HSL: 37.03°, 88.89%, 28.24%
HSV / HSB: 37.03°, 94.12%, 53.33%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 36.03%, 94.12%, 46.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 13.605, 12.069, 1.843
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 41.325, 14.461, 47.491
WCAG relative luminance: 0.12068
24-bit decimal: 8935176

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #885708 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 3.41:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text · 6.15:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#083988 sits half a turn (180°) from #885708 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#885708 #083988

Analogous

#881708 and #798808 sit 30° to either side of #885708. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#881708 #885708 #798808

Triadic

#885708, #088857 and #570888 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#885708 #088857 #570888

Split complementary

Start at #885708 and look across the wheel. #087988 and #170888 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#885708 #087988 #170888

Square

Starting with #885708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #088817, #083988, then #880879. Across the square, #885708 pairs with #083988, and #088817 with #880879.

#885708 #088817 #083988 #880879

Tetradic

#885708 and #083988 are opposites, as are #398808 and #570888. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#885708 #398808 #083988 #570888

Tints

Mixing #885708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A07939, keeps 80% of the original. By #E7DDCE, the mixture is 80% white.

#885708 #A07939 #B89A6B #CFBC9C #E7DDCE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #885708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6D4606, keeps 80% of the original. By #1B1102, the mixture is 80% black.

#885708 #6D4606 #523405 #362303 #1B1102 #000000

Tones

Mixing #885708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #865F20, keeps 80% of the original. By #827868, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#885708 #865F20 #856738 #837050 #827868 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#885708

RGB

rgb(136 87 8)

HSL

hsl(37.031 88.889% 28.235%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #885708;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#885708 uses 136 red, 87 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 53.3%

Green 34.1%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #885708 is 0.0% cyan, 36.0% magenta, 94.1% yellow and 46.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 36.0%

Yellow 94.1%

Black 46.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #885500. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #850 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #885708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #996600, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #885500 Nearest web-safe · #996600

Gradient to complement

#885708 #73521D #5D4D33 #484848 #33435D #1D3E73 #083988

Color vision previews

Compare how #885708 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#685A00

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#73660C

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#954B4A

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#755B00

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#796108

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#8A552E

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#616161

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#775C46

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.24620 G 0.09531 B 0.00243

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.50576 G 0.34972 B 0.11948

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.21941 G 0.10032 B 0.01332

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.494 y 0.439 Y 12.069

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 46.667 M % 65.882 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10001000 01010111 00001000